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112 EXERCISES

248. Give the gender of the following nouns and the rule by which it is determined:

animal	calamitās	flūmen	lapis	nāvis
avis	caput	ignis	legiō	opus
caedēs	eques	īnsigne	mare	salūs
calcar	fīnis	labor	mīles	urbs

249.

EXERCISES

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 292.

I.The First Bridge over the Rhine. Salūs sociōrum erat semper cāra Rōmānīs. Ōlim Gallī, amīcī Rōmānōrum, multās iniūriās ab Germānīs quī trāns flūmen Rhēnum vivēbant accēperant. Ubi lēgātī ab iīs ad Caesarem imperātōrem Rōmānum vēnērunt et auxilium postulāvērunt, Rōmānī magnīs itineribus ad hostium fīnīs properāvērunt. Mox ad rīpās magnī flūminis vēnērunt. Imperātor studēbat cōpiās suās trāns fluvium dūcere, sed nūllā viā^[1] poterat. Nūllās nāvīs habēbat. Alta erat aqua. Imperātor autem, vir clārus, numquam adversā fortūnā commōtus, novum cōnsilium cēpit. Iussit suōs^[2] in^[3] lātō flūmine facere pontem. Numquam anteā pōns in Rhēnō vīsus erat. Hostēs ubi pontem quem Rōmānī fēcerant vīdērunt, summō terrōre commōtī, sine morā fugam parāre incēpērunt.

II.

1. The enemy had taken (possession of) the top of the mountain.
2. There were many trees on the opposite hills.
3. We pitched our camp near (ad) a beautiful spring.
4. A march through the enemies’ country is never without danger.
5. The time of the month was suitable for the march.
6. The teeth of the monster were long.
7. When the foot soldiers^[4] saw the blood of the captives, they began to assail the fortifications with the greatest violence.^[1]

1. Abl. of manner.
2. suōs, used as a noun, his men.
3. We say build a bridge over; the Romans, make a bridge on.
4. Place first.